Prabhu Guptara
@prabhuguptara.bsky.social
Board consultant, poet, publisher (www.saltdesertmedia.com; www.globalresiliencepub.com; www.pipparannbooks.com); focusing on India, Quantum Computing, Fusion Energy, Technology Strategy, Global Trends
Is it still possible to say NO to a #3rdWorldWar?
Is it still possible to end ALL #wars?
Indeed, is it possible to end #militarism itself?
Is it at all possible now to say Yes to #peace?
#Salaam. #Shalom. #Shanti.
Is it still possible to end ALL #wars?
Indeed, is it possible to end #militarism itself?
Is it at all possible now to say Yes to #peace?
#Salaam. #Shalom. #Shanti.
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Is it still possible to say NO to a #3rdWorldWar?
Is it still possible to end ALL #wars?
Indeed, is it possible to end #militarism itself?
Is it at all possible now to say Yes to #peace?
#Salaam. #Shalom. #Shanti.
Is it still possible to end ALL #wars?
Indeed, is it possible to end #militarism itself?
Is it at all possible now to say Yes to #peace?
#Salaam. #Shalom. #Shanti.
Ashamed to say that I knew nothing till today about this #Indian's pioneering artistic work in the #UK - and he was the half-brother of #FNSouza!!
www.vam.ac.uk/event/w9oOYB...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/w9oOYB...
Lancelot Ribeiro: A Risen Voice - Symposium - Talk at
V&A South Kensington · V&A
Discover the bold legacy of Lancelot Ribeiro, a visionary émigré artist whose vibrant Expressionism reshaped British visual arts. This symposium brings his legacy into focus through expert insights an...
www.vam.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Ashamed to say that I knew nothing till today about this #Indian's pioneering artistic work in the #UK - and he was the half-brother of #FNSouza!!
www.vam.ac.uk/event/w9oOYB...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/w9oOYB...
A magazine's whole issue discussing the "rise of the anti-human"?!
open.comment.org/announcing-c...
#antihuman
open.comment.org/announcing-c...
#antihuman
Announcing Comment’s spring issue: The Anti-Human
open.comment.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 AM
A magazine's whole issue discussing the "rise of the anti-human"?!
open.comment.org/announcing-c...
#antihuman
open.comment.org/announcing-c...
#antihuman
Hint: If you're on the Right in any country in the world, you now have an easy way of getting rid of the #WelfareState?
www.indiancurrents.org/article-return-of-manusmriti--end-of-the-welfare-state-a-j-philip-2901.php
www.indiancurrents.org/article-return-of-manusmriti--end-of-the-welfare-state-a-j-philip-2901.php
Return of Manusmriti - End of the Welfare State
www.indiancurrents.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Hint: If you're on the Right in any country in the world, you now have an easy way of getting rid of the #WelfareState?
www.indiancurrents.org/article-return-of-manusmriti--end-of-the-welfare-state-a-j-philip-2901.php
www.indiancurrents.org/article-return-of-manusmriti--end-of-the-welfare-state-a-j-philip-2901.php
Most interesting that they are now being so popular with #businessleaders
www.surpassingsuccess.com/about/
www.surpassingsuccess.com/about/
About - Surpassing Success
Surpassing Success Journey to a fulfilling life and business OUR MISSION Surpassing Success is building resources and community to help business people find their purpose and build a fulfilling life a...
www.surpassingsuccess.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Most interesting that they are now being so popular with #businessleaders
www.surpassingsuccess.com/about/
www.surpassingsuccess.com/about/
Happy #IndianRepublicDay
An invitation to celebrate & cherish the #ConstitutionOfIndia
The greatest contribution made till then in history towards increasing humaneness
demolishing religious, casteist, social & financial discrimination within the largest group of people in the world
An invitation to celebrate & cherish the #ConstitutionOfIndia
The greatest contribution made till then in history towards increasing humaneness
demolishing religious, casteist, social & financial discrimination within the largest group of people in the world
January 26, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Happy #IndianRepublicDay
An invitation to celebrate & cherish the #ConstitutionOfIndia
The greatest contribution made till then in history towards increasing humaneness
demolishing religious, casteist, social & financial discrimination within the largest group of people in the world
An invitation to celebrate & cherish the #ConstitutionOfIndia
The greatest contribution made till then in history towards increasing humaneness
demolishing religious, casteist, social & financial discrimination within the largest group of people in the world
London, 3 February 2026, 5.00pm to 7.00pm at LSE (London School of Economics & Political Science)
lsesu.native.fm/event/gender...
@iskconinc.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social @jessiegender.bsky.social @genderhorizon.com
lsesu.native.fm/event/gender...
@iskconinc.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social @jessiegender.bsky.social @genderhorizon.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
London, 3 February 2026, 5.00pm to 7.00pm at LSE (London School of Economics & Political Science)
lsesu.native.fm/event/gender...
@iskconinc.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social @jessiegender.bsky.social @genderhorizon.com
lsesu.native.fm/event/gender...
@iskconinc.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social @jessiegender.bsky.social @genderhorizon.com
Delighted that #Edinburgh's #LighthouseBookshop already offers for sale, "Swallowing the Sun"
by the UN champion of #WomensRights
...anticipating the global launch
...starting, intriguingly, in #Scotland
lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781913...
#feminist, #anticolonial #history #musicinfiction
by the UN champion of #WomensRights
...anticipating the global launch
...starting, intriguingly, in #Scotland
lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781913...
#feminist, #anticolonial #history #musicinfiction
Lighthouse | Swallowing the Sun
lighthousebookshop.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Delighted that #Edinburgh's #LighthouseBookshop already offers for sale, "Swallowing the Sun"
by the UN champion of #WomensRights
...anticipating the global launch
...starting, intriguingly, in #Scotland
lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781913...
#feminist, #anticolonial #history #musicinfiction
by the UN champion of #WomensRights
...anticipating the global launch
...starting, intriguingly, in #Scotland
lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781913...
#feminist, #anticolonial #history #musicinfiction
What does it signal to the world if you, the political leader, can't even trust the elected representatives from your own Party?
bobsbanter.com/herding-corp...
bobsbanter.com/herding-corp...
Herding Corporators into a Resort..!
There is something profoundly touching about the sight of elected representatives being escorted to a luxury resort, not for a holiday, not for reflection, but for safekeeping. It is democracy wrappe...
bobsbanter.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:58 AM
What does it signal to the world if you, the political leader, can't even trust the elected representatives from your own Party?
bobsbanter.com/herding-corp...
bobsbanter.com/herding-corp...
So the 1st of the London events for launching "Swallowing the Sun" is now finalised.
Please see the details attached
#PippaRannBooks&Media #WomenOfIndia #FeminismInIndia @britishasiantrust.bsky.social @southasiandiaspora.bsky.social #southasia #BritishAsian
Please see the details attached
#PippaRannBooks&Media #WomenOfIndia #FeminismInIndia @britishasiantrust.bsky.social @southasiandiaspora.bsky.social #southasia #BritishAsian
January 17, 2026 at 8:03 AM
So the 1st of the London events for launching "Swallowing the Sun" is now finalised.
Please see the details attached
#PippaRannBooks&Media #WomenOfIndia #FeminismInIndia @britishasiantrust.bsky.social @southasiandiaspora.bsky.social #southasia #BritishAsian
Please see the details attached
#PippaRannBooks&Media #WomenOfIndia #FeminismInIndia @britishasiantrust.bsky.social @southasiandiaspora.bsky.social #southasia #BritishAsian
In #English, one programme; in #Hindi, another. Participate in one, or in both
#HumanDignity #HumanRights #IndianConstitution #IndianRepublicDay2026 #RepublicDayIndia2026 #RepublicDay2026
#HumanDignity #HumanRights #IndianConstitution #IndianRepublicDay2026 #RepublicDayIndia2026 #RepublicDay2026
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM
In #English, one programme; in #Hindi, another. Participate in one, or in both
#HumanDignity #HumanRights #IndianConstitution #IndianRepublicDay2026 #RepublicDayIndia2026 #RepublicDay2026
#HumanDignity #HumanRights #IndianConstitution #IndianRepublicDay2026 #RepublicDayIndia2026 #RepublicDay2026
You have no doubt heard the famous statement by Samuel Johnson: "Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels"?
Well, doesn't it seems as if in certain countries, "Politics has become the first ambition of scoundrels"?
sunjaykumarsingh.blogspot.com/2026/01/corr...
Well, doesn't it seems as if in certain countries, "Politics has become the first ambition of scoundrels"?
sunjaykumarsingh.blogspot.com/2026/01/corr...
Correlation Between Party Defection and Investigative Reprieve (2014–2025)
In the contemporary political history of India, specifically the decade spanning 2014 to 2025, a distinct phenomenon has reshaped the la...
sunjaykumarsingh.blogspot.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
You have no doubt heard the famous statement by Samuel Johnson: "Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels"?
Well, doesn't it seems as if in certain countries, "Politics has become the first ambition of scoundrels"?
sunjaykumarsingh.blogspot.com/2026/01/corr...
Well, doesn't it seems as if in certain countries, "Politics has become the first ambition of scoundrels"?
sunjaykumarsingh.blogspot.com/2026/01/corr...
Want to participate in the last of the London launches of this bestselling novel which has now been signed up for a multi-film series?
On Feb the 5th at Kings College University of London.
DM me...
#pipparannbooks
On Feb the 5th at Kings College University of London.
DM me...
#pipparannbooks
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Want to participate in the last of the London launches of this bestselling novel which has now been signed up for a multi-film series?
On Feb the 5th at Kings College University of London.
DM me...
#pipparannbooks
On Feb the 5th at Kings College University of London.
DM me...
#pipparannbooks
Want to participate in the London launch of this bestselling novel which has now been signed up for a multi-film series?
On Feb the 3rd at LSE.
DM me...
#pipparannbooks
On Feb the 3rd at LSE.
DM me...
#pipparannbooks
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Want to participate in the London launch of this bestselling novel which has now been signed up for a multi-film series?
On Feb the 3rd at LSE.
DM me...
#pipparannbooks
On Feb the 3rd at LSE.
DM me...
#pipparannbooks
#ForgottenHistory - 2000 years of #Jews in #India - poet Zilka Joseph interviewed for #TheMohuaShow
themohuashow.com/tll/the-2000...
#IndianJews #JewsInIndia #ZilkaJosephPoet
themohuashow.com/tll/the-2000...
#IndianJews #JewsInIndia #ZilkaJosephPoet
The 2000-Year-Old Jews of India: Zilka Joseph on a Forgotten History | The Literature Lounge - The Mohua Show
themohuashow.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
#ForgottenHistory - 2000 years of #Jews in #India - poet Zilka Joseph interviewed for #TheMohuaShow
themohuashow.com/tll/the-2000...
#IndianJews #JewsInIndia #ZilkaJosephPoet
themohuashow.com/tll/the-2000...
#IndianJews #JewsInIndia #ZilkaJosephPoet
Have there been any earlier articles on this man and his work?
In any case, it is good to see notice beginning to be given to him, and to his work
www.indiaempire.com/article/2249...
In any case, it is good to see notice beginning to be given to him, and to his work
www.indiaempire.com/article/2249...
“Mobilising Diaspora for India’s Growth” | India Empire
In an era where nations increasingly draw strength from their global communities, few diasporas match the scale, reach, and influence of India’s. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr Thomas Abraham, ...
www.indiaempire.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Have there been any earlier articles on this man and his work?
In any case, it is good to see notice beginning to be given to him, and to his work
www.indiaempire.com/article/2249...
In any case, it is good to see notice beginning to be given to him, and to his work
www.indiaempire.com/article/2249...
What the #CaliforniaReviewOfBooks thinks of this
calirb.com/transformed-...
#biography #memoir #indiatravel #indiaart #indiaculture #booktok #bookstagram #books
calirb.com/transformed-...
#biography #memoir #indiatravel #indiaart #indiaculture #booktok #bookstagram #books
Transformed by India: A Life by Stephen P. Huyler
Pippa Rann Review by Brian Tanguay I was intrigued by Stephen P. Huyler’s description of his early travels, long before smartphones, GPS, language translation, and social media. Travel was more hi…
calirb.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Interview with #LakshmiMPuri author of the debut but multi-prize-winning novel, "Swallowing the Sun"
released: Scotland, Feb 2, & London Feb 4, 2026
& Canada/USA in the Fall
southasianherald.com/in-conversat...
#indiandiplomats #Indianauthors #Indiannovelists #NovelsOfIndia #FictionFromIndia
released: Scotland, Feb 2, & London Feb 4, 2026
& Canada/USA in the Fall
southasianherald.com/in-conversat...
#indiandiplomats #Indianauthors #Indiannovelists #NovelsOfIndia #FictionFromIndia
In Conversation with Rajesh Mehta: Ambassador Lakshmi Puri - South Asian Herald
Ambassador Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri is a distinguished Indian diplomat, former UN Assistant Secretary-General and author, known for her extensive work in international development, human rights and wom...
southasianherald.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Interview with #LakshmiMPuri author of the debut but multi-prize-winning novel, "Swallowing the Sun"
released: Scotland, Feb 2, & London Feb 4, 2026
& Canada/USA in the Fall
southasianherald.com/in-conversat...
#indiandiplomats #Indianauthors #Indiannovelists #NovelsOfIndia #FictionFromIndia
released: Scotland, Feb 2, & London Feb 4, 2026
& Canada/USA in the Fall
southasianherald.com/in-conversat...
#indiandiplomats #Indianauthors #Indiannovelists #NovelsOfIndia #FictionFromIndia
In the world, have we moved from #Globalisation to #Deglobalisation?
And, in India, are we moving from #WomensProgress to #WomensRegress?
"...a very special intensive #deletion of women voters":
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
And, in India, are we moving from #WomensProgress to #WomensRegress?
"...a very special intensive #deletion of women voters":
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
SIR could roll back decades of progress in women’s political participation
Women have been excluded for being ‘absent/shifted’. An overwhelming proportion are married whose names have been deleted from their maternal home, but not included in their married home.
indianexpress.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
In the world, have we moved from #Globalisation to #Deglobalisation?
And, in India, are we moving from #WomensProgress to #WomensRegress?
"...a very special intensive #deletion of women voters":
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
And, in India, are we moving from #WomensProgress to #WomensRegress?
"...a very special intensive #deletion of women voters":
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The Economist magazine today say that, on a list of the world’s most powerful passports measured by ease of travel, out of the 199 countries tracked, Indian passports now rank 159th
www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...
www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...
The benefits of a lousy passport
Having to choose from a limited number of holiday destinations can be strangely liberating
www.economist.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:58 AM
The Economist magazine today say that, on a list of the world’s most powerful passports measured by ease of travel, out of the 199 countries tracked, Indian passports now rank 159th
www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...
www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...
The Economist magazine today say that, on a list of the world’s most powerful passports measured by ease of travel, out of the 199 countries tracked, Indian passports now rank 159th
www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...
www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...
The benefits of a lousy passport
Having to choose from a limited number of holiday destinations can be strangely liberating
www.economist.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 AM
The Economist magazine today say that, on a list of the world’s most powerful passports measured by ease of travel, out of the 199 countries tracked, Indian passports now rank 159th
www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...
www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...